me: "oh cool painting"
resident at work: "why do you always say my paintings are cool?"
me: "cuz i like what you paint"
resident: "if all you're ever going to say is cool then i wish you wouldn't comment at all"
me: "oh ok"
resident: "because you like ted bundy"

man i read a good book recently. Last Standing Woman by Winona LaDuke. historical fiction, so beautifully written, about the experience of generations of Ojibwe people from the beginnings of colonization to present day. the historical basis was mostly things that i've read about in a general sense concerning the colonization of native peoples, but ( Read more... )

there's no way around it, i love roller skating

so dis is why my middle name's muhammad (the most common name in the world). i get asked where i'm from so often! out of the blue, not because im traveling or somethin. if i had to guess i'd say once a month this happens, and so last year a jotted down whenever it did, and whadya know? at least a dozen times. my favorite part is the look i get when ( Read more... )

im kinda tired of city livin ( Read more... )

oh lordgod, i almost got thru one of those resolutions last week! prolly woulda if we'd been anywhere but the drift ( Read more... )

well im still hemming and hawing about if i actually have a new years resolution, but i think there are two stand out things that i wouldnt mind accomplishing in 2012:

do some pull ups

get 86'd from a bar

i get such a weird feeling when MHP's show up to detain someone.

oh man new years eve ended up bein wacky! i worked til after midnite n then headed over to kristins rager cuz she lives nearby. she's always so crafty, her n her roommates had rigged up a "photobooth" in this hallway nook. they had glittery wrapping paper or somethin on the walls n put a spotlight on it. party letters were strung up that said ' ( Read more... )

ballard livin' lately. watchin max. his quirks started to get to me yesterday. i can't believe im gonna take him on a ferry haha. i had to literally drag him from the apartment to get him to go on a walk when i got back from work the other day!? like half way picked him up with his lower half still resisting leaving the condo. houk! feel like im ( Read more... )